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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER J. PAULY, SR, AND JAMES C. MCQUILKIN, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,ASSIGNORS TO THE ST. LOUIS ART METAL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FILE-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,679, dated November3, 1896.

Serial No. 588,763. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, PETER J. PAULY, S12, and JAMES C. MCQUILKIN,citizens of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, Stateof Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in File-Racks, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view throughour improved rack. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a detail View showing a horizontal partition inverted.

This invention relates toa new and useful improvement in file racks orcases, and more particularly to the manner of securing the horizontaland vertical partitions together.

Briefly stated, the invention consists in forming alining openings inthe vertical partitions and offsets in the horizontal partitions, whichoffsets are in line with the openings in the vertical partitions,threading or passing straps through said openings and between theoffsets and horizontal partitions, and securing the straps in position.

In the drawings,Aindicates the vertical partitions; B, the back of therack; G, the horizontal partitions, and D the binding-straps.

The vertical partitions A are of usual construction except for smallopenings, which are formed therein for the passage of the straps D.

The horizontal partitions C are formed with offset or depressed portions0, through the openings formed by which are passed the straps D, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2. These ofisets are so located and are of suchnumber as to efficiently support and hold the horizontal partitions inposition. In this connection it might be well to say that the horizontalpartitions fitting between the vertical partitions are prevented frommoving laterally or longitudinally the straps by the verticalpartitions.

The forward edges of the horizontal partitions are preferably formedwith rebent portions and lips, as usual, and the rear edges are formedwith depending flanges, to which the back B is secured, which addsrigidity to the entire structure.

In assembling our file-rack we preferably secure the vertical partitionsto the top and bottom pieces and thread the straps through thehorizontal partitions, which are arranged in horizontal rows to receivethem. After the-straps are passed through the ends they are secured insome suitable manner, as by riveting. When the horizontal partitions areall in place,we place the back in position and preferably pass a singlerivet through the depending flange of each horizontal partition and theback, which adds rigidity to the entire structure.

'We are aware that many minor changes in the construction, arrangement,and combina tion of the several parts of our invention may be made andsubstituted for those herein shown and described without in the leastdeparting from the nature and principle of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is

1. In a file-case, the combination with the vertical partitions, whichare formed with alining openings, of horizontal partitions formed withoffsets in line with the openings in the vertical partitions, strapswhich are threaded through said openings and between the offsets andhorizontal partitions, and

means for securing the straps in position; substantially as described.

2. The combination with vertical partitions, of horizontal partitionsarranged therebetween, said horizontal partitions being provided withoffset or depressed portions, and straps which pass through the verticalpartitions, under the horizontal partitions and over the offsets;substantially as described.

3. The combination with the vertical partitions A, formed withhorizontally-alining openings, of horizontal partitions 0, formed withoffset or recessed portions 0, and having single flanges at their backs,straps D which signatures, in presence of two Witnesses, this supportthe horizontal partitions'lby passing 13th day of April, 1896. throughthe openings in the vertical parti- V tions, and the openings formed bythe offsets PETER J. PAULY, SR.

5 .c, and a back B which is riveted to back JAMES C. MOQUILKIN.

flanges on. the horizontal partitions; sub- \Vitnesses: stantially asdescribed. HUGH K. AGNER,

In testimony whereof We hereunto affix our ALFRED HUHN.

